The practice of having young men assisting Priests when they celebrated the Sacraments is centuries old. Originally, young men studied for the Holy Priesthood under the tutelage of an experienced Priest and learned how to offer the Holy Mass and celebrate the other Sacraments by assisting him. Later, when seminaries were established and young men seeking Holy Orders were sent away for studies, other young men of the parish took the seminarians’ places in serving at the altar. Many of them would go on into the seminary and become Priests themselves. St. Martin de Tours has had altar boys from the start; today, young men of our Parish who have made their first Holy Communion continue to be invited to become part of this noble tradition.
Photo from our 2020 Altar Server Miniature Golf Outing.